Saudi Arabia’s coffee craze
Cafés are at the forefront of social change in the kingdom, but entrepreneurs still face big obstacles.
As the pandemic rages, Germany battles disinformation
At a crucial turning point, the spread of conspiracy thinking threatens the country’s Covid-19 response.
India’s farmers raise alarm over endemic poverty
Protesters are standing their ground against new laws they say will squeeze the poorest.
Germany debates its global role
Trump was a wakeup call for a country reluctant to act internationally.
What a 40-year-old massacre says about El Salvador today
Legal and political tussles over an infamous 1981 atrocity may help determine the future of the country’s democracy.
Europe’s far right struggles over Biden’s election
Four years after billing Trump’s ascendance as a major boon, populist leaders are seeing their fortunes decline—for now.
India’s professional women face extra hurdles
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic battered the economy, women had to fight for their careers to be taken seriously.
Beirut’s social fabric is tearing apart
Nearly three months after the port explosion, the fallout in one destroyed neighborhood reflects a country in collapse.
Even in Germany, Trump is inescapable
With granular coverage of US politics everywhere, there’s little distance from what’s happening back home.
Women are struggling in India’s Covid-hit informal economy
Lacking support from their families and the government, many workers are barely scraping by.